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    CPRA

    City Wrongly Applying “Deliberative Process Exemption” To Requested Records

    If you believe that your City is wrongfully withholding documents under the deliberative process privilege, I would suggest writing a follow-up letter to the City explaining why you believe the documents may not be withheld under the exemption and renewing your request for copies of the documents. If the City continues to refuse to […]

    February 9, 2018

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    CPRA

    Request for documents on Tax Lien Sale denied. Why?

    […] response. Gov’t Code § 6255(b).There is also no requirement that you provide your name, address, or reason for the request. Gov’t Code § 6257.5.There are sample request letters on the First Amendment Coalition website at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/ As you may already know, the Public Records Act provides that public records including "any writing containing information […]

    October 6, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    How Can I Request All Audio and Video of My Arrest?

    […] procedures…or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes." Cal. Gov. Code § 6254(f). The exemption for "investigatory records" applies "when the prospect of enforcement proceedings becomes concrete and definite."Williams […]

    August 8, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Denied records of homicide investigation

    […] computer report to extract data." Gov't Code § 6253(c). From a practical perspective, it might be useful to follow up your initial request with a written follow-up letter setting out when you made the initial request and describing the subsequent (in)action of the agency. It might be useful to explicitly note the offer of […]

    December 23, 2011

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    The Rowan County KY Clerk has no “right” to refuse marriage licenses to gay couples

    […] it was a setback for gay rights, jeopardizing the strategically planned claim for same-sex marriage when the Prop 8 case finally reached the US Supreme Court. The correct choice for both Ms. Davis and then-Attorney General Brown, if they feel strongly enough about these issues, is to resign. Short of that,   their responsibility […]

    September 3, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Police Deny Request for Previously Public Statement Claiming Exemptions

    […] procedures…or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional,law enforcement, or licensing purposes." Gov. Code, § 6254(f). Police are required to release a limited amount of information related to arrests and requests for assistance, unless […]

    May 15, 2019

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Are a city manager’ meetings with his staff covered by the Brown Act?

    […] the public interest served by disclosure of the record."  Govt. Code § 6255(a). You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, on the FAC’s website here. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these […]

    January 18, 2015

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    Brown Act

    Sign-in cards for public comment

    […] item" suggests that comment should be allowed before or during each individual item.  Conceivably, a single comment period at the beginning of the meeting could satisfy the letter of the law, but the Act seems to have been interpreted to provide for comment on each item. See, e.g., Chafee v. San Francisco Library Commission, […]

    June 14, 2009